Toby tries rotor wing flight..

Avant-Garde-Aclue · Post by **Avant-Garde-Aclue** » 23 May 2006, 21:16

LOL Thanks Toby, should I post in here or start a new thread? Don't want to be a hijacker,

Regards

Sean

migeater0 · Post by **migeater0** » 23 May 2006, 21:50

You should see the one at Bournemouth. I know a couple of you would throw a hissy fit.

LongHaul · Post by **LongHaul** » 23 May 2006, 22:16

I would quite like to see your stuff as well Sean. Modern isnt always bad - Im a big fan of the Cubists and the Surrealists, and if I was any good with a camera I'd probably be trying to work as an artist in that sense!

And I've forgotten most of the aesthetics I did, so it should be easy to be objective and non-partisan!

Avant-Garde-Aclue · Post by **Avant-Garde-Aclue** » 23 May 2006, 22:25

By modern I mean they have been painted recently lol, not the style, I'll leave that to your judgement but I don't do things like two dice and call it "Balls by Picasso"

Sean

Post by **Garry Russell** » 23 May 2006, 22:34

Avant-Garde-Aclue wrote:By modern I mean they have been painted recently lol, not the style, I'll leave that to your judgement but I don't do things like two dice and call it "Balls by Picasso"

Sean

Wasn't everything Picasso did "Balls"

:think:

Garry

LongHaul · Post by **LongHaul** » 23 May 2006, 22:40

Avant-Garde-Aclue wrote:By modern I mean they have been painted recently lol, not the style, I'll leave that to your judgement but I don't do things like two dice and call it "Balls by Picasso"

Sean

I like that!

Avant-Garde-Aclue · Post by **Avant-Garde-Aclue** » 23 May 2006, 22:46

Posted pics in a new thread pickled cows not withstanding

Sean

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 24 May 2006, 00:49

Toby,

I've just read your response - unbelievable because I was just looking for some examples of Escher's work to see what the response would be :shock:

http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/switz-bmp/LW303.jpg

http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/recogn-bmp/LW437.jpg

http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/recogn-bmp/LW399.jpg

And I am even more impressed with his work having seen his earlier examples and how he developed.

Anyone who is interested in Escher and is ever in The Hague, Netherlands should visit the Escher Museum - it was way more impressive than the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.

Ian

Avant-Garde-Aclue · Post by **Avant-Garde-Aclue** » 24 May 2006, 00:55

Escher was a consumate draughtsman, I rate him up there with Salvador Dali

Sean

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 24 May 2006, 11:57

Whilst my favourite Escher works are the later mathematical impossibilities like Belvedere and Waterfall, if you see some of his earlier work, like self portraits and portraits of his father, you can see he has the ability also to reproduce what he saw with incredible accuracy and detail, particularly in his use of shading:

http://www.etciu.com/MUSEO/MV/DISEGNO/E ... SCHER6.gif